John watters



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' BOX LOOP. No. 269,976,. Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

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NITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN wATTERs,.oF NEW YORK, 81v. I

BOX-LOOP.

$PEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,976, dated January 2, 1883.

i 5 Application filed November 18, 1882. (N model.) l

. To all whom tt mag concern;

.finish. The box-loop thus covered may be Be it known that I, JOHN WATTERS, of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Box -Loops, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my improved box-loop; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical cross-section of the same; and Fig.4 a bottom view of the same.

This invention relates to a box-loop made of metal or the like, with a covering of indiarubber that embraces it throughout its length, thereby permitting the metal loop to be made plain, allowing it'to be formed into the box shape by unskilled hands, and giving it an desired,witlioutany buckles whatsoever. Over this loop A is slipped an envelope, C, of thin indie-rubber, said envelope having its exposed face or faces embossed or otherwise ornamented, so as to give to the box-loop the requisite fastened to the curtain or fabric, either by stitches passing through holes in the bottom, as indicated in Fig. 4, or by prongs projecting downward from the metal loop, or by rivets, or in any other suitable manner. Ordinary metallic box-loops had to be embossed in the metal, and required for their production metal of a superior quality that would allow the embossing process to be carried out upon it, and

after the box-loop had-been embossed it required to be painted or japanned, and to be frequently manipulated for that-purpose, thus manipulation needed after the box-loop itself has-been formed of metal is to slip over it the prepared and finished envelope of india-rubher, which envelope can be made very thin, so as simply to constitute a protecting shell for the metal, shielding it against the injurious influences of moisture, andimproving its appearance in every respect. l

The body of the loop A, so far as its adaptation to the rubber envelope is concerned, may be made of metal or other suitable material, and I do not propose to confine myself to the use of the rubber envelope on a metallic boxloop, as said rubber envelope may be used on any suitable box-loop.

Instead of making the envelope 0 of indiarubber, it may be made of other elastic material.

The box-loop A, combined with an embracing elastic -loop G, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN WATCHERS.

Witnesses: I

GUSTAV SGHNEPPE, HARRY M. TURK. 

